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Chinese Poetry - Learn Chinese Poems (864 words) |
 | Chinese poetry can be divided into three main periods: the early period, characterised by folk songs in simple, repetitive forms; the classical period from the Han Dynasty to the fall of the Qing Dynasty, in which a number of different forms were developed; and the modern period of Westernised free verse. |
 | During the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220), the Chu lyrics evolved into the fu (賦), a poem usually in rhymed verse except for introductory and concluding passages that are in prose, often in the form of questions and answers; often called a poetical essay (i.e. |
 | From the second century AD, the yue fu began to develop into shi or classical poetry- the form which was to dominate Chinese poetry until the modern era. |
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Traditional Chinese Medicine Reference (3031 words) |
 | yue ju bao he wan (lenitive pill for relieving stagnancy) |
 | zhen qi fu zheng chong ji (infusion of astragalus root and glossy privet) |
 | fu fang zhe gu san (compound powder of chinese francolin) |